Parcel-back



E. POSSON. PARCEL RACK.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 26, 1913,

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Patented Aug/1, 1914.

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INVENTOR.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. FHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON, D. C.

A TTORNE YJ Q STATES: PATENT. OFFICE.

EDWARD POSSON, OFiGHICAGO,

ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO FAY E. POSSON, OF PARK.

RIDGE, ILLINOIS.

PARCEL-RACK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD: PossoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful. Improvements in Parcel-Backs, of 'whichthe following is a SPBClfiCELtlOI)...

My invention relates to parcelracks, and the rincipal object of theinvention is to provide a parcel rack to be placed above the seats of arailway car, or in other analogous situations, which will be soconstructed as to inclose or partially inclose, the valises or otherarcels which it holds or supports so as to e ectually prevent them fromaccidentally falling or being thrown from the rack.

The parcel racks ordinarily employed in railway cars are simply shelvesor ledges and it has not infrequently happened that suit cases and otherlike parcels havebeen dislodged from these racks by the vibration orswaying movement of the car, for example, and have fallen down upon thepas sengers, causing more or less serious in uries for which therailroad companies have been held responsible.

The invention has fora further object to provide a novel and improvedform of parcel rack which, besidessecurely engaging and holding theparcels from accidental dislodgment, will. be simple, compact andstrong, inexpensive to manufacture and of sightly appearance.

The invention has for further objects such other new and improvedconstructions, arrangements and devices relating ,to parcel racks aswill be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is illustrated, in certain preferred embodiments, intheaccompanying drawings wherein- Figure 1 is an end elevation of oneform of the. invention; Fig. 2, a front view of the same showing one ofthe sliding gates in its open position; Fig. 3, a view similar to Fig. 2butshowing both gates closed; Fig.

4:, a sectional view, taken on line 4--4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a detailView of one of the cross pieces of the slatted shelf structure; Fig. 6,a detail view of one of the ad ustable hangers for supporting the upperguide rod for the gates; Figs. 7 and 8, sectional views taken on lines7-7 and 8-8, respectively, of Fig. 6; Fig. 9, is a sectionalview of theSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented A'u 4, 1914.

Application filed December 26, 1913.1 Serial No. 808,859.

end of one of the guide rods and associated parts; Fig. 10, a front viewof a modified construction; Fig. 11, a sectional View taken on line11-11 of Fig. 10, and Fig. 12, an end elevation of the device shown in:the preceding two figures Like characters of reference designate likeparts in the several figures of the drawings.

In the drawings, 25 designates the side wall of a railway coach and 26thedeck of the same.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 9 inclusive, the rack consists of a shelfand a pair of sliding gates, which latter are mounted on a at theforward edge of the shelf and the other ad ustably supported from thedeck pair of guide rods, one of which is arranged of the car. The shelf,or rack proper, is

shown as made up of a plurality of longitudlnally extending rods orslats 27 connected by cross pieces 28 which are sup orted on rods 29, 3Ofixed in a pair of end brackets 31 secured to the side wall of the carand sustained at the middle by a similar bracket 32, the rods 27 passingthrough the center The con- The upper guide rod 37, in this con? deck ofthe car by means of han ers 38 (Figs, 6, 7 and 8) having threadet stems39 adapted tobe received in socket members 4O affixed to the deck, thethreaded stems 39 being engaged by adjusting nuts all arranged inrecesses 42 formed in the socket members 40. The upper guide rod 37 ispreferablytubular, and is secured to the hangers 38 by screws 36, 36like the screws fastening the lower guide rod to the end brackets, thescrews 36" extending through perforations 43 in the hangers. The purposeof making the supporting devices for the upper guide rod adjustable isto adapt the rack to cars having roofs of different pitch. i

Each rack is preferably provided with thecas'e may be. For example, thegate 455' ers 38.

two sliding gates 44,45 Consisting of longltudinally extending rods andend, mem

bers to'which'the rods are secured, the end members of the gate 4A beingdesignated 46 and those of gate 45 being designated 47. The end membersare formed with perforations at opposite ends and the gates are looselymounted on rods 34, 37., The mem bers a6 are formed so that they extendout farther than the members i? which permits the gate 44 to be moved toa position in frontof gate 45, or the gate 45 to be pushed back of gateAs the rods 3d, 37 are round so'that the gates have a pivotal as well asliding relation therewith, the lat- "ter will accommodate themselves todiffer- V out positions of the socket members l0 and differentadjustments of the threaded hang- Operation: In order to place the suitcase or other parcel A on the rack one of the gates is slid on the guiderods 34, 37 to a position 'infront of or behind the other, as

"may be pushed'bac'k of the gate 44, that is, from the position shown inFig. 3 to that 1 shown in'Fig. 2. The .parcelis then placed in the rackand the gate moved back tov its closing position. If the other end ofthe rack is to be used, gate 46 is manipulated in:

a similar manner. :Ihis form of rack, it willijbe observed, besidesbeing constructed soas to prevent the parcels supported thereby frombeing accidentally dislodged, is very Strong, the outer edge of theshelf being sustained by the gates and the devices for attachingftheupper guide rod to the roof of the car.

The rack above described is what mi ht be termed a two-unit rack, thatis, it has two gates'and may conveniently be arranged so that it willserve two seats. Obviously the modified in, other respects withoutdef-parture from the principles of'the inven- Same principles might beemployed in the construction of a rack having a larger number', ofgates. The (lei/1C6. might also be tion." Therefore I do not wish to beunderstood as limiting the invention to the precise constructions,arrangements and devices shown except so far assaid constructions,arrangements and devices are made specific limitations in certain of theclaims herein.

A" possible modification of the device is shownin Figs. 10 to 12inclusive. In this construction the upper guide rod for theslidinggates, designated 48, 49, instead of being supported from thedeck of the car is mounted upon projections 50 formed on the endbrackets 51. In other details the construction of this rack may be thesame as that of the rack previously described- Iclaim: 1'. In a parcelrack for railway cars and the like, the combination with a supportingelement, of a pair of retaining elements at the forward edge of thesupporting element which are movable so that one may stand in front ofthe other, for the purpose described.

the like, the combination with a supporting element, of a Pair ofretaining elements at the forward edge of the supporting element whichareslidable one over the other.

4;. In a parcel rack for railway cars and the like, the combination wltha shelf, of

upper and lower guide rods arranged adj acent to the forward edge of theshelf, and a gate movably mounted on said guide rods.

In a parcel'rack for railway cars and the like, the combination with ashelf, of

upper and lower guide rods arranged adjacent to the forward edge of theshelf, and apair of gates slidably mounted on said guide rods andconstructed so that they may be moved'to positions one in'front oftheother,

6. In a parcel rack for railway cars and 1 the like, the combinationwith a shelf, of

a retaining gate slidably mounted at the forward edge of said shelf.

7 In a parcel rack for railway cars and the like, the combination with'ashelf, of a pair of retaining gates slidably mounted at the forward edgeof the shelf and constructed so that they may be moved to positions onein front of the other. Y

'8. In a parcel rack for railway cars and the like, the combination witha shelf, of upper and lower guide rods arranged adjacent the forwardedge of said shelf, a gate slidably and pivotally'mounted onsaid guide 1rods, and means for adjusting the position of the upper guide rod. v

9. Ina parcel rack for railway cars. and

the like, the combination with a shelf, of

upper and lower guide rods arranged ad jacent the forwardedge of saidshelf, a pair of gates slidably and pivotally'mounted on said guide rodsand constructed so that they may be moved to positions one in front ofthe other, and means for adjusting the position ofthe upper: guide rod,I

10.111 a parcel rack for railway cars and the like, the combination witha shelf structure, of end brackets for'the same, a guide rod securedbetween said brackets, a guide rod arranged above the aforesaid guiderod, 7

and a pair ofgates slidably mounted on said guide rods and formed sothat'they maybe moved to posltions one in front of the other.

11'. In a parcel rack for railway cars and the like, the combinationwith a shelf strucmounted on said guide rods and formed so that they maybemoved to positions one in front; ofthe other, and means foradjustablysustaining the upper guide rod.

12. In a parcel rack for railway cars and the like, the combination witha shelf structure, of end brackets for the same, a guide rod securedbetween said brackets, a guide rod arranged above the aforesaid guiderod, a pair of gates slidably and pivotally mounted on said guide rodsand formed so that they may be moved to positions one in front of theother, hangers for the up er guide rods having threaded stems, soc etmembers to receive said stems, and adjusting nuts on said socket membersto engage said stems. i y

13. The combination with a parcel rack,

of means for securing the same to the side wall of a railway car or thelike, and adjustable means adapted to support the outer edge of the rackfrom the deck of the car.

14:. The combination with a parcel rack, of means for securing the sameto theside wall of a railway car or the like, ad-

justable means adapted tosunoort the outer edge of the rack from thedeck of the car comprising socket members, hangers having threadedstems, and adjusting nuts in sald socket members to engage the threadedstems of the hangers.

15. In a parcel rack for railway cars and the like, the combination witha shelf structure, of end brackets supporting the same,

upper and lower guiderods fixed to said end brackets, and a pair ofgatesslidably mounted on said guide rods and constructed so that theymay be moved to positions one in front of the other.

EDWARD POSSON;

, Witnesses:

F. E. POSSON, ARTHUR G. J OHNSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for :flvecents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 1,105,830.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,105,830, grantedAugust 4, 1914, upon the application of Edward Posson, of Chicago,Illinois, for an improvement in Parcel-Racks, an error appears in theprinted specification requiring correction as follows: Page 1, line 102,strike out the reference-numeral and comma 36,; and that the saidLetters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the samemay conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 1st day of September, A. D., 1914:.

[SEAL] R. F. WHITEHEAD,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

